Impact of gene dosage, loss of wild-type allele, and FLT3 ligand on Flt3-ITD-induced myeloproliferation

Shabnam Kharazi, Adam J. Mead, Anna Mansour, Anne Hultquist, Charlotta Böiers, Sidinh Luc, Natalija Buza-Vidas, Zhi Ma, Helen Ferry, Debbie Atkinson, Kristian Reckzeh, Kristina Masson, Jörg Cammenga, Lars Rönnstrand, Fumio Arai, Toshio Suda, Claus Nerlov, Ewa Sitnicka, Sten Eirik W Jacobsen

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    Abstract

    Acquisition of homozygous activating growth factor receptor mutations might accelerate cancer progression through a simple gene-dosage effect. Internal tandem duplications (ITDs) of FLT3 occur in approximately 25% cases of acute myeloid leukemia and induce ligand-independent constitutive signaling. Homozygous FLT3-ITDs confer an adverse prognosis and are frequently detected at relapse. Using a mouse knockin model of Flt3 - internal tandem duplication (Flt3-ITD) - induced myeloproliferation, we herein demonstrate that the enhanced myeloid phenotype and expansion of granulocyte-monocyte and primitive Lin -Sca1 +c-Kit + progenitors in Flt3-ITD homozygous mice can in part be mediated through the loss of the second wild-type allele. Further, whereas autocrine FLT3 ligand production has been implicated in FLT3-ITD myeloid malignancies and resistance to FLT3 inhibitors, we demonstrate here that the mouse Flt3 ITD/ITD myeloid phenotype is FLT3 ligand-independent. © 2011 by The American Society of Hematology.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3613-3621
    Number of pages8
    JournalBlood
    Volume118
    Issue number13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Sept 2011

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    • Manchester Cancer Research Centre

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